Greg James: All The Best For The Future
5/7/20261 hr 6 min
Greg James has been a presenter for BBC Radio 1 since 2007 where he now host the coveted breakfast show. He is also a children’s author, known for the Kid Normal series he writes with Chris Smith, and now his memoir is here. It’s called All The Best For The Future, and it’s a meditation on life and all its trimmings. My first ever job was at a plastic factory, and when I worked there I used to always listen to Radio 1 and my favourite radio DJ, Greg James. Listening to how he hosted his show made me want to be in this world, so today this is very full circle moment for me to be introducing Greg to the Inklings Book Club podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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First 90 secondsSpeaker 10:00
[wind blowing] At The North Face, it's never just a hike, not if you're stuck on the same old trail. It's your chance to unearth a new kind of trail, wide open and yours to define, an opportunity to become part of something bigger and wilder. What will you find out there? The North Face: Never stop exploring.
Jack Edwards· Host0:27
[upbeat music] [typing] Hello, everyone, and welcome back to The Inklings Book Club podcast. My name is Jack Edwards, and one thing to know about me [laughs] is, a little bit of context, I used to work in a plastic packing factory. [laughs] Yes, those do actually exist. Uh, did you know about that until now? Maybe not. Now you do. It was my first ever job. I used to do it after school on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and when I would sit in my little cubicle packing plastic on the factory line, I would listen to BBC Radio 1. And who was the DJ on BBC Radio 1? Greg James. And listening to how Greg presented his show, and it felt so warm and welcoming. It felt like this safe space. Even when I was sitting, just working, doing this monotonous work, I would genuinely look forward to being able to sit and listen to the radio, and he really got me through a lot of those shifts. So today, I'm absolutely thrilled to be welcoming to The Inklings Book Club, Greg James.